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Concertgoers watch Tina Dietz of Chimacum and Joe Seamons of Seattle dance a ragtime played by acoustic blues faculty Andy Cohen on piano before the Acoustic Blues Showcase concert at McCurdy Pavilion in Port Townsend on Saturday.
Building central to PT square BY JESSE MAJOR
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PORT TOWNSEND — The western part of Fort Worden’s campus is destined to be an arts and cultural center with Building 305 as its centerpiece. The plan is for the building to be renovated into the predominant structure in a group of at least nine buildings that will be called Makers Square. During meetings seeking input from the public on the $7 million project, people seemed enthusiastic about Makers Square’s potential, said Dave Robison, executive director of the Fort Worden LifeJESSE MAJOR/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS long Learning Center Public Development The Public Development Authority plans to turn Building 305 at Fort Authority, which plans to create the hub. Worden in Port Townsend into the Fort Worden Lifelong Learning TURN
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PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County is tops in the state for primary election voter turnout. It didn’t look like Jefferson County turnout would reach that high on Tuesday, when Tim Thomas, one of two candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot for the District 1 county commission seat, commented that he was surprised by the low turnout of Dean 35.9 percent. But after the second count of ballots Friday, Jefferson County had a 48.04 percent voter turnout, with 11,361 voters returning ballots out of the 23,649 mailed. San Juan Island County was second, with a 46.92 percent voter turnout, and Garfield County was third with a 46.12 percent voter turnout.
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Statewide, the voter turnout is 31.88 percent, with 1,307,865 ballots out of 4,102,5542 mailed to registered voters counted by Friday. Only 31 ballots are left to be counted in Jefferson County — and those won’t be counted until Aug. 16 when the election is certified. San Juan County has no ballots left to be counted, and Garfield County reports that two are outstanding.
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Ethics complaint dropped against mayor Fluoridation foe: I made my point BY PAUL GOTTLIEB
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PORT ANGELES — Fluoridation opponent Marolee Smith dropped her ethics complaint Friday against Mayor Patrick Downie just as an ethics board was preparing to hear her allegations. The complaint was dropped three days after the City Council stopped fluoridation. Of four ethics complaint emanating from the City Council’s Dec. 15 decision to continue fluoridation — a decision the council reversed, at least temporarily, on Tuesday — only one now remains. The City Council will discuss
Marie Wiggins’ state Open Public Meetings Act complaint at its next meeting Aug. 16. The board composed of former Superior Court Judge Ken Williams, Danetta Rutten and Diana Tschimperle met Friday to discuss Smith’s allegations, but before they got started, she said she was dropping the complaint.
Ethics claim She had claimed that Downie, who favors fluoridation, violated the ethics law by engaging in “namecalling” and giving “long-winded lectures” and “actually fingerwagged” at Jan. 5 and Jan. 19 City
Council meetings, when he attempted to quiet down fluoridation opponents. She said that Downie characterizing the audience as bullies and as discourteous, threatening, intimidating, angry and disrespectful constituted “name-calling.” “I don’t have time for this,” Smith said in an interview after she dropped the complaint. She also suggested pursuing it was no longer necessary. Smith praised the City Council for last Tuesday approving Downie’s proposal to stop fluoridation immediately at least until Nov. 7, 2017, when city residents will PAUL GOTTLIEB/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS vote on an advisory ballot on Marolee Smith and Mayor Patrick Downie chat at City Hall restarting the practice. in Port Angeles on Friday after Smith dropped her ethics TURN
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